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Typed out by Fritz Mayr/Guitar Player from Silent Cry
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                  CONCRETE AND STEEL (ZZ TOP)
        (Words+Music by Billy Gibbons,Dusty Hill,Frank Beard)


  Intro Riff:
  D5   Em5  G5     Em5   D5     Em5 D5  
E----I-----------------I---------------I
B----I------8---8------I---------------I
G--7-I--9---7---7---9--I--7--7---9---7-I
D--7-I--9-----------9--I--7--7---9---7-I
A----I-----------------I---------------I
E----I-----------------I---------------I

Intro:   D5 I Em5 G5 Em5 I D5 Em5 D5 I Em5 G5 Em5 I D5 Em5 D5 I

         Em5  G5        Em5    D5        Em5
1.Verse: Hard and cold, like a street of gold
              D5                  C5
         it´s easy to find but so hard to hold
         Em5    G5         Em5    D5       Em5
         smooth and strong but it won´t last long
                  D5                      C5
         when the rust sets in, she´ll be good as gone

            Em5    D5/E  Em5               D5 Dsus4 Em5
Chorus:  Concrete!       concrete and steel
         Esus4     Em5     D5/E  Em5
         it´s like concrete      
         D5  Dsus4  Em5        Esus4
         hey baby   what´s the deal

         Em5     G5       Em5      D5    Em5              
2.Verse: a heart of stone make you feel alone
             D5                        C5
         but what can you do when your hand is blown
         Em5  G5      Em5       D5       Em5
         hard as ice, it´s like tumblin´ dice
                    D5                   C5
         before you fall for her boy you better think twice

           Em5    D5/E  Em5               D5 Dsus4 Em5
Chorus:  Concrete!       concrete and steel
         Esus4     Em5     D5/E  Em5
         it´s like concrete      
         D5  Dsus4  Em5        Esus4
         hey baby   what´s the deal

Guitar Solo: Bm5 I Bm5 I C5 I D5 I Bm5 I Bm5 I C5 I D5 I
             E5 D5 I E5 D5 I E5 D5 I E5 D5 I E5 D5 I E5 D5 I
             E5 D5 I E5 D5 I

         Em5  G5        Em5   D5      Em5
3.Verse: dark as night,       diamond bright,
         D5                C5
         never seen such a strange delight
         Em5   G5      Em5  D5      Em5
         slick as glass and just as fast
         D5                        C5
         you´ll feel the pain, but it won´t last 

           Em5    D5/E  Em5               D5 Dsus4 Em5
Chorus:  Concrete!       concrete and steel
         Esus4     Em5     D5/E  Em5
         it´s like concrete      
         D5  Dsus4  Em5        Esus4
         hey baby   what´s the deal